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0	A Pale Ghost , Copy Protected	I have been a follower of Jackson Browne's music for 30 years, and have never been so disappointed in his work. Self-conscious, hectoring tripe. None of the vitality of Lawyer's in Love nor the Depth of image and feeling of the Everyman period. As someone who plays all of my music from digital libraries, the copy protection was also annoying. If I pay for a copy I expect my fair use rights to be respected. Until Electra/Asylum reverses their policy on copy protection and issues refunds or replacement copies of these crippled goods to affected users, their label is off of my buy list.	negative
0	My favorite singer becomes irrelevant	I have every Jackson Browne album and I have seen him twicein concert. I liked almost everything he wrote and sang,even the self-absorbed, depressing stuff.Well I gave this CD a good try. Listened twice on a longcar trip hoping even one song would touch me somehow. Butdespite keeping an open mind and heart, there was noconnection between Browne and his biggest fan. He andI are exactly the same age ("in '65, I was 17, called theroad my own") so I would imagine there would be someelement of maturing together, but I was naive.I won't give up on Jackson. I will buy his next CD, whichat his incredibly slow output will make us both 61. I hopeby then he will have found what he's looking for.Paul Behnke	negative
1	Congratulations	It is with great pleasure that I can announce that this is Jackson Brownes best album in years...no weak spots, no just a few great songs, he is strong throughout....He must have really focused to make this a great album....	positive
0	Disappointment	I have been listening to Jacksons music for more than 17 years now. I have got each of his 13 albums. I love his music and I admire him for his ability to write unique lyrics and melodys.What made Jackson so special to me was the combination of his wonderful melodys and his extraordinary lyrics, something I didnt know before I bought my first album "Hold Out" in 86 on a fleamarket.But... where are the beautiful melodies on "The naked ride home"? Where is the beautiful sound which he expressed over three decades? I am deeply disappointed.Do you agree? Do you have a complete different point of view? Please write to me : [email protected]	negative
0	Questionable	You can pick and choose what you like from this book. Some of the advice ranges from "look good to attract a man" (as opposed to "look good because it makes YOU feel good")to practical budgetary advice. I found myself shocked at some of the 1950's style advice, but enlightened by some of the stories told. The advice seems overall pretty basic...not necessarily aimed at a single woman who has been out in the world awhile.	negative
0	Latte for one and loving it.	This title is deceptive. It's not "Latte for one and loving it" - it's more like "Latte for one while you find a man". The first four chapters deal with dating. The tone of the book is that you're not complete with a man, that getting married is the ultimate goal, and that this book will help until you achieve that goal. But if you're single and want to be happy being single, this book will be depressing.	negative
1	excellent	This book is very well done. The chapters are short and not overwhelming.No fluff it is all meat! Very thought provoking!	positive
1	Best I've Ever Read	If you ever ask why read this book. It reveals the why of our trials and how to handle them.	positive
1	Wonder Book!	This is one of my all time favorite book that I've shared over the years to many friends.	positive
1	One of my top 5 books of all time!	This is a great book for any one who has spent time in a "dungeon" of any kind. RT Kendall works through the life of Joseph from being hated and betrayed by his brothers to being exalted to the palaces of Egypt. There are tremendous life lessons to be learned from this book. Highly recommended!!	positive
0	Disappointing sound	Very disappointed of the sound. When I buy a pricey Blu-Ray disc from Opus Arte I expect exceptional sound quality. That is not the case with this disc. Regrettably anything else from the production to the singers becomes kind of irrelevant without good sound. The overture started very good. The orchestra is vibrant and with full sound. But once the singers appear you start looking for the sound, looking for anything wrong with the audio systems. The problem is the disc itself. What a pity! (please see comments for updates)	negative
0	Good but fell apart...	I love this book and I have nothing negative to say about the images, the text, the quality of the illustrations... except that my book fell apart very rapidly. I own a lot of art books and handle them constantly, but this never happened to another book before. The book binding is just glue (no thread) and the pages (all single) started to come off after a few months. Now my book looks like a folder with loose pages. What a shame...I love my book.	negative
0	This didn't do anything	I'm not very familiar with cuticle removers, but I was expecting it to remove the excess cuticle at the base of my nail. It did nothing of the sort. At best it softened it, so that I could use my cuticle cutter, but I could've just soaked it in water and achieved the same results.	negative
1	It's Okay for the Price!!!!	This product cleans your cuticles. It's a good value for the price. However, I probably need something stronger cause it only lasted two days so I guess I have really dry cuticles.	positive
0	unnecessary product	this product does not do anything, applying lotion would provide better results. I have left this on for over 30 minutes and can not see any difference	negative
0	Poor Guitar Playing	The guitar playing on this album is very amateur. Lots of string noise as the left hand shifts. An immense amount of extraneous noise from the fingernails on the right hand. A tinny and metallic tone. Poor fingerings, such that notes from the previous chord bleed over. Tempos taken much too slow on various pieces (I've never heard Fur Elise taken at such a snail's pace). Occasionally, the arrangements themselves are very poorly done.If you want to hear real classical guitar music, most or all of the pieces are recorded elsewhere by competent classical guitarists. Check out the albums of Christopher Parkening, David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, or John Williams.	negative
1	A must-read for the apocalypse genre	This "documentary-style" tale of two writers' journey across a post-atomic America is simply the most detailed and thorough work of fiction about what the results of such an event might look like. The authors explore many different facets of society by "interviewing" people on the ground- from families to public officials across the gambit even to include a mortician. This is a fiction work based on real research. As a result, the reader if captivated by the myriad of stories that are brought together into a coherent tale of two guys who lived through a nuclear war themselves only to find out that their days have been numbered due to exposure to radiation- their goal is to document America's story before they die. The best post-atomic novel that I have read to date.	positive
1	Kept me going and started to lose me	The book was good at the begining, but it started to become boring after they left Los Angeles. It was still, altogether, a good book. But because it picked me up and constantly dropped my attention, I give it 4 instead of five.	positive
1	Actually, Advance, Exchange and Offbeat french book	This book is a must have for the serious french player just for one reason: it is the only book available at the moment that have, decently covered the exchange variation of the french (which, when you think about it is pretty amazing but is true). Actually, this is decent book covering mainly the advance variation (95 pages), and few offbeat ones, like 2.d3 and 2.De2, offering 27 pages for it. For exchange it offers 30 pages, which is not bad at all. Well, maybe a bit better book for advance is Tony Kostens French Advance, but its a pretty dated now (1997), so this Psakhis book is still the winner.	positive
0	Detailed but so demanding!	I found the text to be frustrating at times as I kept losing my place in the maze of variations. More is definitely not better. It was almost as if we had had access to his notebook computer files where variation upon variation had been patched in over the years.The author is a highly respected French defence exponent. Perhaps it showed my own shortcomings and is more suited to 2000+ rated players.	negative
0	Sony lying to the fans...yet again!	Don't get me wrong...I am a HUGE Judas Priest fan. The 2 stars are really a rating for the record company, who have bastardized this fine library of work from the get-go. The 3 "bonus" tracks on this album were NOT "recorded during the Fuel For Life tour"; Screaming For Vengeance was recorded from Memphis in 1982 and the other two were recorded during the Defenders Of The Faith Tour in 1984 from Long Beach, CA. How do I know? I have (STILL) both of these concerts on cassette tape when they were originally broadcast on radio and I know these recordings by heart. Does the record label think we all are stupid fans who will part with their money just because it says "remastered"? I know I feel stupid because I did...and I am STILL waiting for Sony to fix the Defenders Of The Faith remaster screw-up of reversing the channels, like they promised me they would. I bet Michael Jackson's back catalog didn't have these problems.	negative
1	One of Metal's best live albums!	I used to play the original version back in the late 80's over and over again on my buddy's stereo when we were in our teens! This sounds even better! The remastered versions' sound is amazing and the original liner notes are all there and then some! The killer bonus tracks only add to the bargain. This CD, all these years later ROCKS! Im no the biggest fan of live albums, but this is a must have! Priest always sound good as their other live CD "Unleashed in the East" will prove.	positive
1	Solid Live album of Priest's 80's material	Priest Live is a good release and includes most of the bands best songs from the 80's. I know a lot of people are down on this album as they consider it the Turbo era release and point towards the flashy costumes and big hair the band sported for this tour. However, the playing is fantastic. The vocals incredible and there are many songs from British Steel, Screaming For Vengence, and Defenders of the Faith to rock out to. Also, I always liked Turbo more then most other Priest fans and the opening with Out In The Cold was to me unique and brilliant as Priest showed they didn't follow the mold for bands of its genre and era and had the balls to open a show with a Ballad.	positive
1	Low end!	Did they overdub some bass stuff into these live recordings? I've rarely heard such clean, house-shaking fundamental frequencies from a live album... LOVE it!Defenders of the Faith is my favorite JP CD.Album art certainly could've been a bit better on this. Not like it matters.	positive
1	Good live set.	Yes unleashed in the east is a bit better as far as recordings go and the song selection is a little better as well. However this set has a good sound and alot of energy. I don't think the fact that to set has been digitaly remastered is a bad thing. Halford's voice is one of the greatist in the industry. Long live Priest!!!!	positive
1	Hell Bent for Ether	One can't help but conjure up images of marine life while listening to this epic tome. Blasting wave after frenetic wave of blasting beats, drummer Dave Holland is like a metronomic octopus burying his pulsating suckers into your friggin' skull. Bassist Ian Hill's dark, ominous notes rake the ocean's depths, randomly looking for prey like a retarded manta ray. Glenn Tipton elicits a feeding frenzy with his musical blood-letting, sinking his six-stringer into your Pabst-addled brain like a ravenous great white at an all-u-can-eat seal buffet. Axemaster-in-crime K.K.Downing?--A barracuda picking off the quivering scraps of flesh Tipton couldn't swallow.And then there's monolithic frontman Rob Halford, whose banshee cry of "Some heads are gonna roll!" can be heard for miles and miles, like the plaintive song of the giant sperm whale that he is. Learn to love it...WHOOOOO!....or die ignorant!	positive
0	Uh.....THIS SUCKS!!!!!	I have ALWAYS thought this album was terrible...and guess what...I STILL DO!!! I strongly recommend 'Live '98 Meltdown or Live in London over this weakling of an album....in the words of Beavis and Butthead....UHHHHHHH.....THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!! Maybe if I click on the album cover and press delete enough times it will go away for good!!!!!	negative
1	Very good book on the subject	This book is very good for the scholar who wants to get to know the Orthodox Liturgy and it's root and such. I find it very interesting, and Wybrew seems to be a good Liturgist.	positive
0	Some good info, but sloppy and poorly organized	This is the text for an editing course I am taking. There is a lot of solid information in this book, and the exercises will push you to apply what you've learned. But the way it is presented and organized is driving me nuts. You can't tell where exercises end and text begins, and it's difficult to relate the various sections because of poor page layout. There are also inconsistencies in terminology and use of editing marks and just general sloppiness. Seems to have been written by someone who knows their stuff, but fired this book off on their home PC over a couple of weekends without much thought to organization and layout, then printed the pages on a photocopier. Oh, and didn't bother to edit it very carefully.	negative
0	Pretty is as pretty's made	This item is very attractive--BUT--it's made out of pressed PAPER, with just a coat of paint on the outside.. Very hard to put together with no directions. Had it 90% together, just needed to tighten screws (very difficult, because they couldn't get a grip on the paper), when I stepped away to answer the phone--and the whole thing fell apart, the screws on the bottom ripped through the paper and the paint, damaging both the inside and the outside of the wall. There's no way to repair it, because it just crumbled. I got it together, using the glue that's included to hopefully hold it together, although it's still a little shakey, but have no doubt that it won't hold up to the steamy bathroom. Very disappointing. It's a nice design, looks great, if they had only made it from sturdier materials. Also, there is NO drawer, as stated in the description. Overall, not worth a fraction of the price.	negative
0	Don't waste your time!	It came pre-cut from the manufacturer and the pieces were cut wrong. We ended up sending the item back, as as it is a manufacturing issue, there was no point re-ordering.	negative
0	Biggest piece of crap, ever.	Received this. Opened it. No step-by-step instructions. Needed several different sized phillips head screw drivers. Did not have the correct parts--had 2 upper door hinges, no lower door hinge.If it would have been a simple item to return at that point, we would have done so.	negative
1	Packed with exciting facts about peregrine falcons	Perry's Baltimore Adventure: A Bird's Eye View Of Charm City is a picture book story by Peter E. Dans about exploring Baltimore from the viewpoint of an adventurous peregrine falcon. Kim Harrell's soft colors and absorbing illustrations bring to life this engaging story packed with exciting facts about peregrine falcons and the splendors of "Charm City." Perry's Baltimore Adventure would make a welcome and popular addition to any family, school, or community library collection.	positive
1	Very informative overview	If you are interested only in, say, the Phaistos Disc, or the Indus "script", you will want to pass on this treatment of a number of ancient writing systems in favor of narrower studies. But if you are simply interested to know the stories of decipherments, focused on those not yet accomplished, this is a very interesting book indeed.	positive
1	Makes decipherment fascinating	A great survey of attempts in modern times -- some successful, some not so much -- to decipher ancient scripts. In an entertaining and articulate way, Robinson helps the reader understand the complexities of decipherment and the methodologies that are used.Particularly interesting is his account of Michael Ventris's decipherment of Linear B. Significant points are that Ventris was not a professional philologist -- he was an architect. But his architectural training and practices were useful to the effort -- and, rather than shutting out other investigators, Ventris was a collaborator.Another takeaway is that in decipherment, it's important to be careful about falling in love with your early hypotheses. Robinson's book includes examples of researchers who wasted years, decades, even whole careers, chasing down red herrings.Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts	positive
0	Pretty much a rehash of other documentation	I was disappointed that there seems to be little new work included here, especially in the initial section documenting already deciphered languages. The section on Linear B almost seems like plagerism when read side by side with Chadwick's book.I would rather more complete presentations be done on the undeciphered scripts and less on those that have been deciphered (after all, that is the title).This book may be a good introduction for those who have not read the related individual accounts are are just looking for a very high overview of decipherment, but any true amateur researcher should shy away from it.	negative
0	NOT UNIVERSAL STEPS	The steps look great.They do not fit my vehicle though.I ordered them for a 2008 toyota tacoma.I dont think i can make them fit even with a few brackets.I will never buy anything from go-rhino again!	negative
0	not what pictured	The step received looks nothing like the picture. It is a black tube with a narrow silver plate instead of black with a rubber grip covering.	negative
1	Just for relaxing and lounging around	That is exactly what this CD is for. Great Jazzy beats, and smooth tones introduce you a world of relaxation and chill.	positive
1	smooth	Very smooth. If you are a fan of "Lemongrass" than this one is for you. Dalminjo is Lemongrass on a separate record label.	positive
1	Dalminjo - Fjord Fusioneer	At first, I wasn't too keen on FJORD FUSIONEER, Dalminjo's debut album. I thought it was a little too smooth house. But on the second and third listens, it's definitely grown on me. It's peppy enough to demand attention, like on the embarrassingly catchy "Love Affair." Sure, much of the house eases into the mind without making a dent, but other tracks basically demand a loud soundsystem to show off their complexity. The remixes by Terry Lee Brown, Jr. and Quant add a slightly different flair that's certainly welcome. But this is another album that shows that Scandanavia's putting out some of the best electronic music in recent memory.	positive
0	Sound really terrible	I having hard time trying to listen to some of the stories. And there no "break" in between each story, like a music or anything to indicate next story. I won't recommend this.	negative
0	Outside appeared great!	The book jacket, book cover, and pages were in great condition but the minute I opened the book, the binding started cracking. I was going to give the gift as a Christmas present.....now I'm not!	negative
1	Another way to enjoy a good movie	One of the movies in this book I had seen and the other I had not. "Roxanne" I remembered as a wonderful movie, and I very much enjoyed being able to pick out my favorite parts and favorite lines in the book. "L.A. Story" is a very amusing satire and I have not seen the movie. At first, reading a screenplay is confusing, but I adjusted quickly and found the reading very enjoyable.	positive
1	Read it twice	Mainly because I had to retake the course, but it is actually a really good book. Details the history of the Far East back to the Sage Kings and all the way up through the 1980s. Well written, well organized.	positive
1	Nice Ruby	This CD was originally recorded for the Jazztone label in 1955. The personnel is: Braff (trumpet), Billy Byers (trombone), Sam Margolis (tenor sax), Marty Napolean (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), and Jo Jones (drums). "Only a blues" is taken up-tempo and swings beautifully as does Braff's original composition "Flakey." Ruby's tone is gorgeous as usual, and Billy Byers punches hard when needed, but also can play lyrically behind a mute. The sound is very good. Recommended.	positive
1	Best Shooting/hunting gloves ever!!!	These gloves are great, fit my hand great. I got these to shoot with and use in my law enforcement profession and these are just what I needed at a great price. Nice job Mechanix!	positive
1	Great for Pumping Iron	I have continually bought Mechanix gloves over the years for both working on my vehicles and pumping iron at the gym. On the gym side I have owned various full fingered gloves and half-fingered gloves specifically made for gym use over the years and Mechanix gloves have always been my favorite. If you are looking for thick padded gloves you need to man up and forget that thick crap and slide your meat hooks into these babies as they will keep you lifting heavy and focused on the iron, not your paws. They also hold up relatively well after several washing machine cycles ( yeah ya gotta wash them every now and again fellas, hang dry them!)and keep the huge calluses off your hands which your special lady friend will be thankful for when you're feeling her up.	positive
0	Junk	Don't waste your money on this trash. Little better than no glove at all. Already falling apart at seams after wearing 3 TIMES!!!!!	negative
1	Mechanix Gloves	They seem to be well made, I just hope they last as good as they look. Ask me in a year or two.	positive
1	Great hunting gloves	I have small hands and its really hard to find nice gloves for warm weather hunting like spring turkey. These gloves look great and give me great feel on my rifle and shotgun. I have no problem with the trigger pull and can feel nearly everything.These gloves also let my hands breath in warm weather. They dry easily.	positive
1	Love them.	I have been looking at these and finally ordered a pair. Now every one at work has ordered there own.	positive
0	Virtually no protection	I bought these because I was tired of getting brused fingers when playing airsoft. These offer less protection for that than the cheap cotton gloves I was already using. The new version of this glove has plastic ribs over the fingers to protect against hand shots but they cost a lot more.	negative
1	Great Learning Tool	My 2 years old loves this mat set. Not only can he tumble, roll, and play on this mat, but he's learning his colors, letters, and numbers. What an ingenious idea!	positive
0	Good idea but if falls apart	We registered for this mat hoping that it would be great to use as cushioning in the play room and a fun learning tool as our baby grew. And it does cushion, when it's not falling apart. The edging and the centers to the letters and numbers, and the letters and numbers themselves, are always popping up as our baby crawls on them, catching her hand or foot the wrong way. It just doesn't stay together - we've tried everything. It's really more annoying than it's worth. Now we use it outside under our daughter's kiddie pool for a little cushioning - I don't care if it blows away at this point. What a waste of money. They sell larger squares w/o letters and numbers - I'll maybe try those instead.	negative
1	Very Useful Playmat	Our seven month old is too young to use this as a toy. It is, nonetheless, a GREAT playmat to cushion his tush from hardwood floors. He "reads" his books sitting on it, he crawls on it, rolls around on it, drools on it and plays with his age appropriate toys on it. As far as the small pieces getting dislodged, they can be temporarily taped in place from the back side so that they do not pop out until the child is old enough to use them and learn with them.	positive
0	Nice concept but our son too young for this toy	I liked the idea of this toy. I wanted a soft mat for our son to play on and I liked the puzzle factor. It just hasn't been a toy our son is interested in. Maybe when he is older he will put the pieces together, but it seems too difficult for him at this age. He just tears it all apart, and so it is useless as a mat. I end up piecing it all together, which is time consuming, and then he destroys it. I've put it away for when he is older, and I'll try it again then.	negative
0	**POTENTIAL CHOKING HAZARD	My child almost choked to death on one of the inserts for one of the letters, even though I was supervising her play. She placed the piece in her mouth lightening fast, it washed into her airway because of excess saliva and then swelled. It took a trauma team to remove it because of the material the puzzle is made from. This toy should be modefied so that none of the letters or numbers contain punchouts-I am in the process of contacting the manufacturer with this recommendation. My kids loved this toy prior to this, but into the garbage it went.UPDATE: 11/2003 The company contacted me in July 2003 to notify me that they would redesign the toy with no inserts. The redesigned model is due out this quarter of 2003.	negative
0	Hours of Fun for Mom and Dad to pick up after toddler wrecks	Seriously folks, save this toy and give it to someone you don't like! Our two year old, who usually enjoys reading books and quiet play, thinks the game is tearing this puzzle apart. My husband and I spent an hour picking up the pieces from all over the house. In addition, there are small cutouts in the centers of letters like A (triangle), P, R, Q, etc. and these small pieces are apt to get lost. I would say the age for this toy is 6 and older, simply for the parents' peace of mind.	negative
0	Disappointed	The set is called English Spanish reference set. However, only one of the books is English/Spanish. The other two are English. For the price it is okay if somebody doesn't already have a regular English Dictionary and Thesaurus.	negative
0	Blow gun	Not what I wanted, It will not siphon. I have no idea why they call it a siphon spray blow gun.	negative
1	Original hybrid	This record represents a collision of a hybrid of blips and beeps with a melancholic vocal angle. You don't expect to hear the two in unison sounding so fresh and relevant. The dichotomy is that you would expect this music to come off as cold and distant instead of warm and inviting. Naysayers whom claim electronic music has no soul should take notice, because this record has it.	positive
0	How can you forget Donna Summer????	This CD is enjoyable, but they forget to insert at least one of the jobs they did with Donna Summer. I will go with you, Love is the healer or The power of one were absolutely enjoyable mix.I'm so sorry!!!!Bruno Capitelli	negative
1	A good mix of Thunderpuss dance mixes.	Most of the songs on this cd are barely 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 minutes in length so if you are looking for longer mixes (not here). The main reason I bought this cd was for a remix of "hero" by Enrique Iglesias which is about 4:50 in length(is there nowhere in the world you can actually find a full mix of this song on cd?). I have most of the other tracks on here -Madonna's mix I think was on the import of "Don't Tell Me" and could have put the promo mix of GHV2 on here but oh well. The Britney Spears mix (6:16) is the only approaching a 12" mix length in my opinion which is really good considering it is Ms. Spears. But this cd is a very good idea of what the Thunderpuss sound sounds like .	positive
0	Difficult to use	A couple of years ago I bought home design software from Punch software and gave up on it after a few days of trying to figure out how to use it. (And I'm very technical and generally good with new software). I would not recommend this software unless you really have the time to spend figuring it out.Google recently released a FREE home design software. Much like other Google products, this one is very easy to use - although not as powerful as one you might purchase. Before buying, I strongly recommend you check out Google's offering. Visit sketchup.google.com to take a look.	negative
0	All promises and no delivery	I have worked as a manager in the construction industry for over thirty years. In my estimation this program is over complicated and under featured.I have struggled with this program for over four months. Windows, tubs, showers, doors and other design items are limited to the internal library. For instance I have a design that needs a four section casement window. Sorry, the library only has one to three sections. You only discover this after a very long and frustrating amount of time reading through a very generic help menu. I want to add a porch with three columns but what I design in the framing menu does not carry over to the floor plan or three dimensional view.This program is all promises and no delivery!	negative
0	Hard to use, do not but from Hermanstreet	I am used to the Broderbund 3D 3.0. It is simple to use but even they have become more dificult to use in the latter versions. It is hard to do one section of a house at a time, and make adjustment to rooms. It's is a program for someone who knows what they want for a floor plan in the beginning. I would like to work backwards. start with the one room, with furniture, add the next room. then if I like the plan, then work on the roof and foundation. unfortunately the Broderbund 3.0 version does not work on Vista, or the campatibility mode.	negative
0	Has anyone at Punch ever built a house!?	This program is adequate for designing dog houses, but not for the real deal. The most fustrating thing with this program is adding floors (the type you walk on, not a story). Punch seems to think that the second story walls of a building are built directly on top of the first story walls - no Punch, they are built on top of the floor that sits on top of the walls below it. That throws your elevations off by about a foot for each story (assuming 10" joists and 5/8" plywood).When you look at the detailed framing view, you can see they have no clue how a house is framed.	negative
0	Still Needs Work	This program was very disapointing. It was good for basic home designs, but was very poor for more advanced design. I found the cabinet wizard program to be joke.	negative
0	Punch Home Design 18	A step above Etch-A-Sketch. Fell way below my needs. Full of bugs. OK product for first time homeowner wanting to tinker around with thier plans.	negative
0	Punch! Software Lacks the Punch! it promises	Punch! Software Architectural Series 18 promises to do everything easily and effortlessly but doesn't. Even with the printed manual and the video tutorials, it still leaves you trying to figure out how to make things happen. I am an architect and was looking for a design program I could implement into my business. I will keep drawing the old fashioned way with pencil and paper. This program is absolutely worthless. Don't bother purchasing it. The only ones who could ever use this program are the ones who created it. Save your money.	negative
0	Beware of installation bugs!!	I purchased AS18, but cannot tell you about the features, because it has a bug KNOWN to Punch! Software, that overwrites some of your WINDOWS SYSTEM FILES when it installs!! If you are running Win 98, 98SE, or ME, you will lose your Internet Explorer browser functionality, that is, IE6 will stop responding to any window that required user input (including the Microsoft Update site, when you try to download critical updates!, an ISP logon that uses a non-80 or 8080 port number, etc.)Rather than issue a patch, Punch support will point you to a microsoft.com technet page that will allow you to fix the problem if you have a few spare hours and a degree in computer programming.I was VERY disappointed with this product!	negative
0	This stinks	This may be a powerful program, but unless you are an architect or has someone who can take the time to take you through every step then don't buy this. The instructions are simple enough, but they are simpler than the program is so they don't help all that much. After hours of reading the book and struggling to learn this program I just gave up. Graph paper and a drafting pencil are a better bet.	negative
0	Punch AS18 Home Architecht	I wouldn't recommend this software to anyone. Have had it for about 2 years now and still unable to properly draft a project. Very user unfriendly. After purchasing the program I tried to put a plan together just for my home to have for future upgrades to the structure. I had 90 day support they advertised and called to try to get the system down so I was familiar with working with it. I had read the book that came with it but was not very clear or structured as to how to begin and how to follow through the planning processes. After contacting the support folks they were very reluctant to provide answers to my questions always referring back to reading the book again that came with the program. I was expecting a much larger library of windows, doors, lights, electrical, etc and all fell very short of expectations of advertisements. Pictures represent all custom drawn windows lights etc. Save you money on this one your money could be better spent.	negative
1	Awesome product !	I bought this software a few days ago. When I received it I opened the box, and installed it without a problem.After about 2 hours (and no experience at all with this kind of products) I had the home plan of my "dream home" already drawn from a floor plan that I had on paper, and I was walking into a 3D model of it.Fantastic and easy to use !	positive
0	latent2002	Many software problems that they could not solve---not for a professional-After months of work on using the program, all was wasted and had to return the software. Printing problems-file conversion problems-half blank screens-it converted and cancelled walls that were exterior converting from interior--Not suggested-lost programs in my computer that the program no longer recognized.	negative
0	not worth it.	This software is ok, but it's not worth the money. It does a terriable job with roofs (won't calc. rafter and jack sizes on a hip roof). Finding stuff is really hard. I can't find roof vents. Took me forever to get used to the user interface and I'm an advanced pc user. Can't find where you can add an overhand on a roof..... to much to list.	negative
1	Buy or Upgrade NOW!!	The new punch software package is great! The added and updated features add alot of value. They have also included a bunch of tutorial videos for the users new to punch. It still is as easy to use as previous packages but has added features like a DXF Importer which works rather nicely. I imported a complex CAD drawing and in under a hour I had a complete first floor Punch drawing of punch objects.This new package is expandable, punch has added "plug-in" functionality so third party players can add to it. Now if I only new how to program!!I haven't ran into many bugs yet, even if I do punch has started to be better at posting updates on thier site that fixes them.	positive
0	loosing it	I have spent hours drawing on this program, saving it to hard drive and floppy. When I go back, it's gone. The program won't even open the floppy so I can recover. Tech support is a joke!!!Of course they blame it on my computer. It won't work on any of my 4 PCs. I have had it with punch.	negative
0	I design software for a living and can't figure this crap out	This is the worst software I've used in a long time. I design software for a living, so I know good and bad stuff when I see it. This is glitchy, buggy, and just plain crap. Contrary to other reviews, I don't see how being an architect would make it any easier to use. It's just glitchy and non-intuitive with a horrible user interface. I haven't been able to get the 3D viewer to work yet and as previously mentioned, I work with computers for a living. I'm running it on a pretty good machine, not state of the art, but exceeding minimum requirements for the program. There is no reason for it not to work. Every few weeks I give it another shot and just frustrate myself even more. What a waste of money. I highly recommend against this bug-infested mess.	negative
0	What were they thinking!	I agree with the other reviewer. It is so incredibly annoying to have to sit there every single time you put this dvd on - to listen to the nonsense you listened to a million times before. I don't know what the makers of this dvd were thinking. Get another Thomas DVD because this is really annoying!!!	negative
1	If you are a fan this is for you.	Bought for my girlfriend, a month later went to a bif naked concert and she signed my undies, still a great CD.	positive
1	Buy it! BIF RULES!	this is the greatest record by Bif I ever listened to. it's great! there are many different types of music on that record, stolen sidewalk is a slow emotional song and leader is a heavy one, it s not only the music that's wonderfull but also the texts. If you already bought I Bifficus and the self-titeled record by Bif you will enjoy Purge! it's a bit different but it is great!	positive
1	Finally!	I've been waiting for the US release of this album for a really long time now. Every time I drive up to Canada, I considered getting it, but as was the case with her previous release "I Bificus" both versions had diffrent songs, and the US version was a LOT better. This time, the two versions are exactly the same. Anyway, it's a pretty good release, despite the absence of any spoken word tracks (like on her self titled debut). I would recomend "I Bificus" over this album, mostly because it has much stronger lyrics, but this album has it's strong points, like "I Love Myself Today" "Tango Shoes" and "Stolen Sidewalk". Please support Biffy and BUY THIS ALBUM!!!	positive
1	On Purge	Personaly I think that Superbeautifulmonster is her best album but this album shows her transformation from the earlier stuff to now. Favorite track "I Love Myself Today", now that's undeniable rock! This album is also hard to find a record stores for some reason which is why I had to go online for it.	positive
1	Pleasantly surprised.	My friend, Ballsey, the guy who wrote the above review, gave me a copy of this CD after I heard "I Love Myself" on TV. To tell you the truth, I really liked it. I know Ballsey will think I am being blasphemous, but I didn't really like her first outing, "i Bificus", i just couldn't get into it. The lyrics were interesting, but they were also a little too weird and trying-to-be-metaphorical ("Spaceman"). "Purge" is really good though, it's pure fun rock mixed with harmless guitar pop ("Tango Shoes")are a really fun listen. Every song is radio friendly, and that is saying a lot.	positive
0	Not for me	Could not get into this book at all. Prose to intense and flowery. Took a pass and gave it to a resale shop.	negative
0	Sorry, John	John Updike is one of my favorite writers, but I found reading Henry Green like reading Upstairs, Downstairs in ultra-slow motion.	negative
0	This novel is like...Ah never mind...It just sucks	Loving is one of the worst novels I have ever read. The dialogue--which other reviewers praised --is too fake and rehearsed to sound in the least natural. All of the characters--including the servants--speak in an overly stuffed scholarly tone that reeks of snobish English professors and equally arrogant students trying to impress them. For God's sake! Can't characters in a novel speak like normal human beings and don't have reviewers regard the novel as trash	negative
0	Cliche-driven doggerel! Yuck!	I only read "Loving," but let me tell you, that book is the worst. Every fundamental rule of writing is broken is this "book." Yuck! I mean, the last line of the book is really "and they lived happily ever after." Puh-leeze!	negative
1	Good Clean Fun	Nice quality cat toys,these do not molt or shed, so there is little mess after a long play session. Attractive little toys last fairly long under hard playing,then when they are worn toss them out: they do not cost much.Toys are a lovely way to play with your pet,but no toy is meant to solve dangerous behavior like biting, fighting, and other environemtal/behavior problems ! I like the use of these mice along with DA Bird,and pet lazer pointer,and others for an intersing play session.Items bonus: Finding a "lost mousie" from under the furniture is good fun too, so we let several stay out at once for extra fun.	positive
1	Good old-fashioned fun	What a wonderful find! I was drawn in from the first page, and enjoyed it thoroughly. The writing style was, fittingly, of another era, and I was amused by the creative use of language. (Thanks to Mr. Williams, I am now trying to find ways to slip phrases like "osculatory pyrotechnics" into conversation.) Maybe I'm just reading the wrong books, but it also seems to me I don't often see a love story written from the perspective of a very anxious, and very proper, young man.The characters are entertaining and the love story is sweet, but the historical backdrop and our hero's musings on the social scene around him are what I found most compelling. All in all, a good read, and a really fascinating insider's look at a time, place and social setting that I know little about.	positive
1	When Washington was in vogue	The book arrived in record time, in great shape and the price was right. It's a wonderful account ofBlack Washington D.C. social life during the twenties. Extremely well written, in that you canvisualize the scenes, and the characters.	positive
1	One of my favorite books!	I fell in love with the characters as they love, party, study, fight, and simply live as successful African Americans in the roaring 20's. I couldn't put it down.	positive
0	Poor suction cups	The suction cups on the back didn't work and the sides would stick up. We ended up not using the product.	negative
0	Didn't like it	The suction cups (????) never worked, it stains like anything, bleach doesn't touch the stain - also food, "icky whatevers" tend to accumulate under it, not too sanitary. - for my money, a shabby excuse for a product	negative
0	Not a good product!	I read the reviews and most were not good, but I went ahead and purchased this sink mat anyway. BIG MISTAKE!!! Like most of the buyers said...the mat does not stay on the sink divider. The suction cups are totally useless. What a pain it is to keep putting it back on the sink divider to use it. Shame on Rubbermaid. I am 77 years old and have bought many of their products and have been very happy with them, but this is one of the worse products they have ever made. It sure is not like the ones they made back in my earlier days. They were much heavier, too. I will keep it and use it only because I got tired of putting a towel on the sink divider.	negative
0	Material used has changed	I have bought this product for years from Rubbermaid. Can't find in stores anymore. Ordered on line only to find Rubbermaid changed material they used to make it. The suction cups dont hold and mat will not fold down over sink divider. No better than the garbage I found in stores. Dont recommend anyone spend their money on this. Rubbermaid really needs to rethink this one.	negative
0	Very Poor Sink Protector	I got this not just to protect my sink but to be able to rest pots and pans on it while I scrub. From just one meal with spaghetti sauce in the wash water, the stains on the divider will not come out. I've tried scrubbing powders, liquids, even straight bleach. Nothing removes the tomato sauce stains. As a desperate move I put it in the dishwasher. Stains didn't budge. Like others said, the suction cups don't work and it slides all over the place. The rubber is just too stiff.	negative
0	I do NOT recommend this!	I agree with other disappointed reviewers. The suction cups do not hold and within weeks, the rubber stained and the stains do NOT come out, even with chlorine bleach. I am still searching for a divider mat that doesn't stain.	negative

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A Pale Ghost , Copy Protected

I have been a follower of Jackson Browne's music for 30 years, and have never been so disappointed in his work. Self-conscious, hectoring tripe. None of the vitality of Lawyer's in Love nor the Depth of image and feeling of the Everyman period. As someone who plays all of my music from digital libraries, the copy protection was also annoying. If I pay for a copy I expect my fair use rights to be respected. Until Electra/Asylum reverses their policy on copy protection and issues refunds or replacement copies of these crippled goods to affected users, their label is off of my buy list.

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My favorite singer becomes irrelevant

I have every Jackson Browne album and I have seen him twicein concert. I liked almost everything he wrote and sang,even the self-absorbed, depressing stuff.Well I gave this CD a good try. Listened twice on a longcar trip hoping even one song would touch me somehow. Butdespite keeping an open mind and heart, there was noconnection between Browne and his biggest fan. He andI are exactly the same age ("in '65, I was 17, called theroad my own") so I would imagine there would be someelement of maturing together, but I was naive.I won't give up on Jackson. I will buy his next CD, whichat his incredibly slow output will make us both 61. I hopeby then he will have found what he's looking for.Paul Behnke

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Congratulations

It is with great pleasure that I can announce that this is Jackson Brownes best album in years...no weak spots, no just a few great songs, he is strong throughout....He must have really focused to make this a great album....

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Disappointment

I have been listening to Jacksons music for more than 17 years now. I have got each of his 13 albums. I love his music and I admire him for his ability to write unique lyrics and melodys.What made Jackson so special to me was the combination of his wonderful melodys and his extraordinary lyrics, something I didnt know before I bought my first album "Hold Out" in 86 on a fleamarket.But... where are the beautiful melodies on "The naked ride home"? Where is the beautiful sound which he expressed over three decades? I am deeply disappointed.Do you agree? Do you have a complete different point of view? Please write to me : [email protected]

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Questionable

You can pick and choose what you like from this book. Some of the advice ranges from "look good to attract a man" (as opposed to "look good because it makes YOU feel good")to practical budgetary advice. I found myself shocked at some of the 1950's style advice, but enlightened by some of the stories told. The advice seems overall pretty basic...not necessarily aimed at a single woman who has been out in the world awhile.

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Latte for one and loving it.

This title is deceptive. It's not "Latte for one and loving it" - it's more like "Latte for one while you find a man". The first four chapters deal with dating. The tone of the book is that you're not complete with a man, that getting married is the ultimate goal, and that this book will help until you achieve that goal. But if you're single and want to be happy being single, this book will be depressing.

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excellent

This book is very well done. The chapters are short and not overwhelming.No fluff it is all meat! Very thought provoking!

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Best I've Ever Read

If you ever ask why read this book. It reveals the why of our trials and how to handle them.

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Wonder Book!

This is one of my all time favorite book that I've shared over the years to many friends.

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One of my top 5 books of all time!

This is a great book for any one who has spent time in a "dungeon" of any kind. RT Kendall works through the life of Joseph from being hated and betrayed by his brothers to being exalted to the palaces of Egypt. There are tremendous life lessons to be learned from this book. Highly recommended!!

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Disappointing sound

Very disappointed of the sound. When I buy a pricey Blu-Ray disc from Opus Arte I expect exceptional sound quality. That is not the case with this disc. Regrettably anything else from the production to the singers becomes kind of irrelevant without good sound. The overture started very good. The orchestra is vibrant and with full sound. But once the singers appear you start looking for the sound, looking for anything wrong with the audio systems. The problem is the disc itself. What a pity! (please see comments for updates)

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Good but fell apart...

I love this book and I have nothing negative to say about the images, the text, the quality of the illustrations... except that my book fell apart very rapidly. I own a lot of art books and handle them constantly, but this never happened to another book before. The book binding is just glue (no thread) and the pages (all single) started to come off after a few months. Now my book looks like a folder with loose pages. What a shame...I love my book.

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This didn't do anything

I'm not very familiar with cuticle removers, but I was expecting it to remove the excess cuticle at the base of my nail. It did nothing of the sort. At best it softened it, so that I could use my cuticle cutter, but I could've just soaked it in water and achieved the same results.

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It's Okay for the Price!!!!

This product cleans your cuticles. It's a good value for the price. However, I probably need something stronger cause it only lasted two days so I guess I have really dry cuticles.

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unnecessary product

this product does not do anything, applying lotion would provide better results. I have left this on for over 30 minutes and can not see any difference

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Poor Guitar Playing

The guitar playing on this album is very amateur. Lots of string noise as the left hand shifts. An immense amount of extraneous noise from the fingernails on the right hand. A tinny and metallic tone. Poor fingerings, such that notes from the previous chord bleed over. Tempos taken much too slow on various pieces (I've never heard Fur Elise taken at such a snail's pace). Occasionally, the arrangements themselves are very poorly done.If you want to hear real classical guitar music, most or all of the pieces are recorded elsewhere by competent classical guitarists. Check out the albums of Christopher Parkening, David Russell, Manuel Barrueco, or John Williams.

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A must-read for the apocalypse genre

This "documentary-style" tale of two writers' journey across a post-atomic America is simply the most detailed and thorough work of fiction about what the results of such an event might look like. The authors explore many different facets of society by "interviewing" people on the ground- from families to public officials across the gambit even to include a mortician. This is a fiction work based on real research. As a result, the reader if captivated by the myriad of stories that are brought together into a coherent tale of two guys who lived through a nuclear war themselves only to find out that their days have been numbered due to exposure to radiation- their goal is to document America's story before they die. The best post-atomic novel that I have read to date.

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Kept me going and started to lose me

The book was good at the begining, but it started to become boring after they left Los Angeles. It was still, altogether, a good book. But because it picked me up and constantly dropped my attention, I give it 4 instead of five.

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Actually, Advance, Exchange and Offbeat french book

This book is a must have for the serious french player just for one reason: it is the only book available at the moment that have, decently covered the exchange variation of the french (which, when you think about it is pretty amazing but is true). Actually, this is decent book covering mainly the advance variation (95 pages), and few offbeat ones, like 2.d3 and 2.De2, offering 27 pages for it. For exchange it offers 30 pages, which is not bad at all. Well, maybe a bit better book for advance is Tony Kostens French Advance, but its a pretty dated now (1997), so this Psakhis book is still the winner.

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Detailed but so demanding!

I found the text to be frustrating at times as I kept losing my place in the maze of variations. More is definitely not better. It was almost as if we had had access to his notebook computer files where variation upon variation had been patched in over the years.The author is a highly respected French defence exponent. Perhaps it showed my own shortcomings and is more suited to 2000+ rated players.

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Sony lying to the fans...yet again!

Don't get me wrong...I am a HUGE Judas Priest fan. The 2 stars are really a rating for the record company, who have bastardized this fine library of work from the get-go. The 3 "bonus" tracks on this album were NOT "recorded during the Fuel For Life tour"; Screaming For Vengeance was recorded from Memphis in 1982 and the other two were recorded during the Defenders Of The Faith Tour in 1984 from Long Beach, CA. How do I know? I have (STILL) both of these concerts on cassette tape when they were originally broadcast on radio and I know these recordings by heart. Does the record label think we all are stupid fans who will part with their money just because it says "remastered"? I know I feel stupid because I did...and I am STILL waiting for Sony to fix the Defenders Of The Faith remaster screw-up of reversing the channels, like they promised me they would. I bet Michael Jackson's back catalog didn't have these problems.

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One of Metal's best live albums!

I used to play the original version back in the late 80's over and over again on my buddy's stereo when we were in our teens! This sounds even better! The remastered versions' sound is amazing and the original liner notes are all there and then some! The killer bonus tracks only add to the bargain. This CD, all these years later ROCKS! Im no the biggest fan of live albums, but this is a must have! Priest always sound good as their other live CD "Unleashed in the East" will prove.

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Solid Live album of Priest's 80's material

Priest Live is a good release and includes most of the bands best songs from the 80's. I know a lot of people are down on this album as they consider it the Turbo era release and point towards the flashy costumes and big hair the band sported for this tour. However, the playing is fantastic. The vocals incredible and there are many songs from British Steel, Screaming For Vengence, and Defenders of the Faith to rock out to. Also, I always liked Turbo more then most other Priest fans and the opening with Out In The Cold was to me unique and brilliant as Priest showed they didn't follow the mold for bands of its genre and era and had the balls to open a show with a Ballad.

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Low end!

Did they overdub some bass stuff into these live recordings? I've rarely heard such clean, house-shaking fundamental frequencies from a live album... LOVE it!Defenders of the Faith is my favorite JP CD.Album art certainly could've been a bit better on this. Not like it matters.

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Good live set.

Yes unleashed in the east is a bit better as far as recordings go and the song selection is a little better as well. However this set has a good sound and alot of energy. I don't think the fact that to set has been digitaly remastered is a bad thing. Halford's voice is one of the greatist in the industry. Long live Priest!!!!

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Hell Bent for Ether

One can't help but conjure up images of marine life while listening to this epic tome. Blasting wave after frenetic wave of blasting beats, drummer Dave Holland is like a metronomic octopus burying his pulsating suckers into your friggin' skull. Bassist Ian Hill's dark, ominous notes rake the ocean's depths, randomly looking for prey like a retarded manta ray. Glenn Tipton elicits a feeding frenzy with his musical blood-letting, sinking his six-stringer into your Pabst-addled brain like a ravenous great white at an all-u-can-eat seal buffet. Axemaster-in-crime K.K.Downing?--A barracuda picking off the quivering scraps of flesh Tipton couldn't swallow.And then there's monolithic frontman Rob Halford, whose banshee cry of "Some heads are gonna roll!" can be heard for miles and miles, like the plaintive song of the giant sperm whale that he is. Learn to love it...WHOOOOO!....or die ignorant!

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Uh.....THIS SUCKS!!!!!

I have ALWAYS thought this album was terrible...and guess what...I STILL DO!!! I strongly recommend 'Live '98 Meltdown or Live in London over this weakling of an album....in the words of Beavis and Butthead....UHHHHHHH.....THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!! Maybe if I click on the album cover and press delete enough times it will go away for good!!!!!

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Very good book on the subject

This book is very good for the scholar who wants to get to know the Orthodox Liturgy and it's root and such. I find it very interesting, and Wybrew seems to be a good Liturgist.

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Some good info, but sloppy and poorly organized

This is the text for an editing course I am taking. There is a lot of solid information in this book, and the exercises will push you to apply what you've learned. But the way it is presented and organized is driving me nuts. You can't tell where exercises end and text begins, and it's difficult to relate the various sections because of poor page layout. There are also inconsistencies in terminology and use of editing marks and just general sloppiness. Seems to have been written by someone who knows their stuff, but fired this book off on their home PC over a couple of weekends without much thought to organization and layout, then printed the pages on a photocopier. Oh, and didn't bother to edit it very carefully.

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Pretty is as pretty's made

This item is very attractive--BUT--it's made out of pressed PAPER, with just a coat of paint on the outside.. Very hard to put together with no directions. Had it 90% together, just needed to tighten screws (very difficult, because they couldn't get a grip on the paper), when I stepped away to answer the phone--and the whole thing fell apart, the screws on the bottom ripped through the paper and the paint, damaging both the inside and the outside of the wall. There's no way to repair it, because it just crumbled. I got it together, using the glue that's included to hopefully hold it together, although it's still a little shakey, but have no doubt that it won't hold up to the steamy bathroom. Very disappointing. It's a nice design, looks great, if they had only made it from sturdier materials. Also, there is NO drawer, as stated in the description. Overall, not worth a fraction of the price.

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Don't waste your time!

It came pre-cut from the manufacturer and the pieces were cut wrong. We ended up sending the item back, as as it is a manufacturing issue, there was no point re-ordering.

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Biggest piece of crap, ever.

Received this. Opened it. No step-by-step instructions. Needed several different sized phillips head screw drivers. Did not have the correct parts--had 2 upper door hinges, no lower door hinge.If it would have been a simple item to return at that point, we would have done so.

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Packed with exciting facts about peregrine falcons

Perry's Baltimore Adventure: A Bird's Eye View Of Charm City is a picture book story by Peter E. Dans about exploring Baltimore from the viewpoint of an adventurous peregrine falcon. Kim Harrell's soft colors and absorbing illustrations bring to life this engaging story packed with exciting facts about peregrine falcons and the splendors of "Charm City." Perry's Baltimore Adventure would make a welcome and popular addition to any family, school, or community library collection.

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Very informative overview

If you are interested only in, say, the Phaistos Disc, or the Indus "script", you will want to pass on this treatment of a number of ancient writing systems in favor of narrower studies. But if you are simply interested to know the stories of decipherments, focused on those not yet accomplished, this is a very interesting book indeed.

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Makes decipherment fascinating

A great survey of attempts in modern times -- some successful, some not so much -- to decipher ancient scripts. In an entertaining and articulate way, Robinson helps the reader understand the complexities of decipherment and the methodologies that are used.Particularly interesting is his account of Michael Ventris's decipherment of Linear B. Significant points are that Ventris was not a professional philologist -- he was an architect. But his architectural training and practices were useful to the effort -- and, rather than shutting out other investigators, Ventris was a collaborator.Another takeaway is that in decipherment, it's important to be careful about falling in love with your early hypotheses. Robinson's book includes examples of researchers who wasted years, decades, even whole careers, chasing down red herrings.Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts

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Pretty much a rehash of other documentation

I was disappointed that there seems to be little new work included here, especially in the initial section documenting already deciphered languages. The section on Linear B almost seems like plagerism when read side by side with Chadwick's book.I would rather more complete presentations be done on the undeciphered scripts and less on those that have been deciphered (after all, that is the title).This book may be a good introduction for those who have not read the related individual accounts are are just looking for a very high overview of decipherment, but any true amateur researcher should shy away from it.

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NOT UNIVERSAL STEPS

The steps look great.They do not fit my vehicle though.I ordered them for a 2008 toyota tacoma.I dont think i can make them fit even with a few brackets.I will never buy anything from go-rhino again!

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not what pictured

The step received looks nothing like the picture. It is a black tube with a narrow silver plate instead of black with a rubber grip covering.

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Just for relaxing and lounging around

That is exactly what this CD is for. Great Jazzy beats, and smooth tones introduce you a world of relaxation and chill.

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smooth

Very smooth. If you are a fan of "Lemongrass" than this one is for you. Dalminjo is Lemongrass on a separate record label.

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Dalminjo - Fjord Fusioneer

At first, I wasn't too keen on FJORD FUSIONEER, Dalminjo's debut album. I thought it was a little too smooth house. But on the second and third listens, it's definitely grown on me. It's peppy enough to demand attention, like on the embarrassingly catchy "Love Affair." Sure, much of the house eases into the mind without making a dent, but other tracks basically demand a loud soundsystem to show off their complexity. The remixes by Terry Lee Brown, Jr. and Quant add a slightly different flair that's certainly welcome. But this is another album that shows that Scandanavia's putting out some of the best electronic music in recent memory.

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Sound really terrible

I having hard time trying to listen to some of the stories. And there no "break" in between each story, like a music or anything to indicate next story. I won't recommend this.

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Outside appeared great!

The book jacket, book cover, and pages were in great condition but the minute I opened the book, the binding started cracking. I was going to give the gift as a Christmas present.....now I'm not!

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Another way to enjoy a good movie

One of the movies in this book I had seen and the other I had not. "Roxanne" I remembered as a wonderful movie, and I very much enjoyed being able to pick out my favorite parts and favorite lines in the book. "L.A. Story" is a very amusing satire and I have not seen the movie. At first, reading a screenplay is confusing, but I adjusted quickly and found the reading very enjoyable.

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Read it twice

Mainly because I had to retake the course, but it is actually a really good book. Details the history of the Far East back to the Sage Kings and all the way up through the 1980s. Well written, well organized.

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Nice Ruby

This CD was originally recorded for the Jazztone label in 1955. The personnel is: Braff (trumpet), Billy Byers (trombone), Sam Margolis (tenor sax), Marty Napolean (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), and Jo Jones (drums). "Only a blues" is taken up-tempo and swings beautifully as does Braff's original composition "Flakey." Ruby's tone is gorgeous as usual, and Billy Byers punches hard when needed, but also can play lyrically behind a mute. The sound is very good. Recommended.

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Best Shooting/hunting gloves ever!!!

These gloves are great, fit my hand great. I got these to shoot with and use in my law enforcement profession and these are just what I needed at a great price. Nice job Mechanix!

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Great for Pumping Iron

I have continually bought Mechanix gloves over the years for both working on my vehicles and pumping iron at the gym. On the gym side I have owned various full fingered gloves and half-fingered gloves specifically made for gym use over the years and Mechanix gloves have always been my favorite. If you are looking for thick padded gloves you need to man up and forget that thick crap and slide your meat hooks into these babies as they will keep you lifting heavy and focused on the iron, not your paws. They also hold up relatively well after several washing machine cycles ( yeah ya gotta wash them every now and again fellas, hang dry them!)and keep the huge calluses off your hands which your special lady friend will be thankful for when you're feeling her up.

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Junk

Don't waste your money on this trash. Little better than no glove at all. Already falling apart at seams after wearing 3 TIMES!!!!!

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Mechanix Gloves

They seem to be well made, I just hope they last as good as they look. Ask me in a year or two.

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Great hunting gloves

I have small hands and its really hard to find nice gloves for warm weather hunting like spring turkey. These gloves look great and give me great feel on my rifle and shotgun. I have no problem with the trigger pull and can feel nearly everything.These gloves also let my hands breath in warm weather. They dry easily.

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Love them.

I have been looking at these and finally ordered a pair. Now every one at work has ordered there own.

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Virtually no protection

I bought these because I was tired of getting brused fingers when playing airsoft. These offer less protection for that than the cheap cotton gloves I was already using. The new version of this glove has plastic ribs over the fingers to protect against hand shots but they cost a lot more.

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Great Learning Tool

My 2 years old loves this mat set. Not only can he tumble, roll, and play on this mat, but he's learning his colors, letters, and numbers. What an ingenious idea!

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Good idea but if falls apart

We registered for this mat hoping that it would be great to use as cushioning in the play room and a fun learning tool as our baby grew. And it does cushion, when it's not falling apart. The edging and the centers to the letters and numbers, and the letters and numbers themselves, are always popping up as our baby crawls on them, catching her hand or foot the wrong way. It just doesn't stay together - we've tried everything. It's really more annoying than it's worth. Now we use it outside under our daughter's kiddie pool for a little cushioning - I don't care if it blows away at this point. What a waste of money. They sell larger squares w/o letters and numbers - I'll maybe try those instead.

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Very Useful Playmat

Our seven month old is too young to use this as a toy. It is, nonetheless, a GREAT playmat to cushion his tush from hardwood floors. He "reads" his books sitting on it, he crawls on it, rolls around on it, drools on it and plays with his age appropriate toys on it. As far as the small pieces getting dislodged, they can be temporarily taped in place from the back side so that they do not pop out until the child is old enough to use them and learn with them.

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Nice concept but our son too young for this toy

I liked the idea of this toy. I wanted a soft mat for our son to play on and I liked the puzzle factor. It just hasn't been a toy our son is interested in. Maybe when he is older he will put the pieces together, but it seems too difficult for him at this age. He just tears it all apart, and so it is useless as a mat. I end up piecing it all together, which is time consuming, and then he destroys it. I've put it away for when he is older, and I'll try it again then.

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****POTENTIAL CHOKING HAZARD**

My child almost choked to death on one of the inserts for one of the letters, even though I was supervising her play. She placed the piece in her mouth lightening fast, it washed into her airway because of excess saliva and then swelled. It took a trauma team to remove it because of the material the puzzle is made from. This toy should be modefied so that none of the letters or numbers contain punchouts-I am in the process of contacting the manufacturer with this recommendation. My kids loved this toy prior to this, but into the garbage it went.UPDATE: 11/2003 The company contacted me in July 2003 to notify me that they would redesign the toy with no inserts. The redesigned model is due out this quarter of 2003.

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Hours of Fun for Mom and Dad to pick up after toddler wrecks

Seriously folks, save this toy and give it to someone you don't like! Our two year old, who usually enjoys reading books and quiet play, thinks the game is tearing this puzzle apart. My husband and I spent an hour picking up the pieces from all over the house. In addition, there are small cutouts in the centers of letters like A (triangle), P, R, Q, etc. and these small pieces are apt to get lost. I would say the age for this toy is 6 and older, simply for the parents' peace of mind.

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Disappointed

The set is called English Spanish reference set. However, only one of the books is English/Spanish. The other two are English. For the price it is okay if somebody doesn't already have a regular English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Blow gun

Not what I wanted, It will not siphon. I have no idea why they call it a siphon spray blow gun.

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Original hybrid

This record represents a collision of a hybrid of blips and beeps with a melancholic vocal angle. You don't expect to hear the two in unison sounding so fresh and relevant. The dichotomy is that you would expect this music to come off as cold and distant instead of warm and inviting. Naysayers whom claim electronic music has no soul should take notice, because this record has it.

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How can you forget Donna Summer????

This CD is enjoyable, but they forget to insert at least one of the jobs they did with Donna Summer. I will go with you, Love is the healer or The power of one were absolutely enjoyable mix.I'm so sorry!!!!Bruno Capitelli

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A good mix of Thunderpuss dance mixes.

Most of the songs on this cd are barely 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 minutes in length so if you are looking for longer mixes (not here). The main reason I bought this cd was for a remix of "hero" by Enrique Iglesias which is about 4:50 in length(is there nowhere in the world you can actually find a full mix of this song on cd?). I have most of the other tracks on here -Madonna's mix I think was on the import of "Don't Tell Me" and could have put the promo mix of GHV2 on here but oh well. The Britney Spears mix (6:16) is the only approaching a 12" mix length in my opinion which is really good considering it is Ms. Spears. But this cd is a very good idea of what the Thunderpuss sound sounds like .

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Difficult to use

A couple of years ago I bought home design software from Punch software and gave up on it after a few days of trying to figure out how to use it. (And I'm very technical and generally good with new software). I would not recommend this software unless you really have the time to spend figuring it out.Google recently released a FREE home design software. Much like other Google products, this one is very easy to use - although not as powerful as one you might purchase. Before buying, I strongly recommend you check out Google's offering. Visit sketchup.google.com to take a look.

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All promises and no delivery

I have worked as a manager in the construction industry for over thirty years. In my estimation this program is over complicated and under featured.I have struggled with this program for over four months. Windows, tubs, showers, doors and other design items are limited to the internal library. For instance I have a design that needs a four section casement window. Sorry, the library only has one to three sections. You only discover this after a very long and frustrating amount of time reading through a very generic help menu. I want to add a porch with three columns but what I design in the framing menu does not carry over to the floor plan or three dimensional view.This program is all promises and no delivery!

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Hard to use, do not but from Hermanstreet

I am used to the Broderbund 3D 3.0. It is simple to use but even they have become more dificult to use in the latter versions. It is hard to do one section of a house at a time, and make adjustment to rooms. It's is a program for someone who knows what they want for a floor plan in the beginning. I would like to work backwards. start with the one room, with furniture, add the next room. then if I like the plan, then work on the roof and foundation. unfortunately the Broderbund 3.0 version does not work on Vista, or the campatibility mode.

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Has anyone at Punch ever built a house!?

This program is adequate for designing dog houses, but not for the real deal. The most fustrating thing with this program is adding floors (the type you walk on, not a story). Punch seems to think that the second story walls of a building are built directly on top of the first story walls - no Punch, they are built on top of the floor that sits on top of the walls below it. That throws your elevations off by about a foot for each story (assuming 10" joists and 5/8" plywood).When you look at the detailed framing view, you can see they have no clue how a house is framed.

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Still Needs Work

This program was very disapointing. It was good for basic home designs, but was very poor for more advanced design. I found the cabinet wizard program to be joke.

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Punch Home Design 18

A step above Etch-A-Sketch. Fell way below my needs. Full of bugs. OK product for first time homeowner wanting to tinker around with thier plans.

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Punch! Software Lacks the Punch! it promises

Punch! Software Architectural Series 18 promises to do everything easily and effortlessly but doesn't. Even with the printed manual and the video tutorials, it still leaves you trying to figure out how to make things happen. I am an architect and was looking for a design program I could implement into my business. I will keep drawing the old fashioned way with pencil and paper. This program is absolutely worthless. Don't bother purchasing it. The only ones who could ever use this program are the ones who created it. Save your money.

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Beware of installation bugs!!

I purchased AS18, but cannot tell you about the features, because it has a bug KNOWN to Punch! Software, that overwrites some of your WINDOWS SYSTEM FILES when it installs!! If you are running Win 98, 98SE, or ME, you will lose your Internet Explorer browser functionality, that is, IE6 will stop responding to any window that required user input (including the Microsoft Update site, when you try to download critical updates!, an ISP logon that uses a non-80 or 8080 port number, etc.)Rather than issue a patch, Punch support will point you to a microsoft.com technet page that will allow you to fix the problem if you have a few spare hours and a degree in computer programming.I was VERY disappointed with this product!

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This stinks

This may be a powerful program, but unless you are an architect or has someone who can take the time to take you through every step then don't buy this. The instructions are simple enough, but they are simpler than the program is so they don't help all that much. After hours of reading the book and struggling to learn this program I just gave up. Graph paper and a drafting pencil are a better bet.

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Punch AS18 Home Architecht

I wouldn't recommend this software to anyone. Have had it for about 2 years now and still unable to properly draft a project. Very user unfriendly. After purchasing the program I tried to put a plan together just for my home to have for future upgrades to the structure. I had 90 day support they advertised and called to try to get the system down so I was familiar with working with it. I had read the book that came with it but was not very clear or structured as to how to begin and how to follow through the planning processes. After contacting the support folks they were very reluctant to provide answers to my questions always referring back to reading the book again that came with the program. I was expecting a much larger library of windows, doors, lights, electrical, etc and all fell very short of expectations of advertisements. Pictures represent all custom drawn windows lights etc. Save you money on this one your money could be better spent.

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Awesome product !

I bought this software a few days ago. When I received it I opened the box, and installed it without a problem.After about 2 hours (and no experience at all with this kind of products) I had the home plan of my "dream home" already drawn from a floor plan that I had on paper, and I was walking into a 3D model of it.Fantastic and easy to use !

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latent2002

Many software problems that they could not solve---not for a professional-After months of work on using the program, all was wasted and had to return the software. Printing problems-file conversion problems-half blank screens-it converted and cancelled walls that were exterior converting from interior--Not suggested-lost programs in my computer that the program no longer recognized.

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not worth it.

This software is ok, but it's not worth the money. It does a terriable job with roofs (won't calc. rafter and jack sizes on a hip roof). Finding stuff is really hard. I can't find roof vents. Took me forever to get used to the user interface and I'm an advanced pc user. Can't find where you can add an overhand on a roof..... to much to list.

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Buy or Upgrade NOW!!

The new punch software package is great! The added and updated features add alot of value. They have also included a bunch of tutorial videos for the users new to punch. It still is as easy to use as previous packages but has added features like a DXF Importer which works rather nicely. I imported a complex CAD drawing and in under a hour I had a complete first floor Punch drawing of punch objects.This new package is expandable, punch has added "plug-in" functionality so third party players can add to it. Now if I only new how to program!!I haven't ran into many bugs yet, even if I do punch has started to be better at posting updates on thier site that fixes them.

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loosing it

I have spent hours drawing on this program, saving it to hard drive and floppy. When I go back, it's gone. The program won't even open the floppy so I can recover. Tech support is a joke!!!Of course they blame it on my computer. It won't work on any of my 4 PCs. I have had it with punch.

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I design software for a living and can't figure this crap out

This is the worst software I've used in a long time. I design software for a living, so I know good and bad stuff when I see it. This is glitchy, buggy, and just plain crap. Contrary to other reviews, I don't see how being an architect would make it any easier to use. It's just glitchy and non-intuitive with a horrible user interface. I haven't been able to get the 3D viewer to work yet and as previously mentioned, I work with computers for a living. I'm running it on a pretty good machine, not state of the art, but exceeding minimum requirements for the program. There is no reason for it not to work. Every few weeks I give it another shot and just frustrate myself even more. What a waste of money. I highly recommend against this bug-infested mess.

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What were they thinking!

I agree with the other reviewer. It is so incredibly annoying to have to sit there every single time you put this dvd on - to listen to the nonsense you listened to a million times before. I don't know what the makers of this dvd were thinking. Get another Thomas DVD because this is really annoying!!!

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If you are a fan this is for you.

Bought for my girlfriend, a month later went to a bif naked concert and she signed my undies, still a great CD.

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Buy it! BIF RULES!

this is the greatest record by Bif I ever listened to. it's great! there are many different types of music on that record, stolen sidewalk is a slow emotional song and leader is a heavy one, it s not only the music that's wonderfull but also the texts. If you already bought I Bifficus and the self-titeled record by Bif you will enjoy Purge! it's a bit different but it is great!

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Finally!

I've been waiting for the US release of this album for a really long time now. Every time I drive up to Canada, I considered getting it, but as was the case with her previous release "I Bificus" both versions had diffrent songs, and the US version was a LOT better. This time, the two versions are exactly the same. Anyway, it's a pretty good release, despite the absence of any spoken word tracks (like on her self titled debut). I would recomend "I Bificus" over this album, mostly because it has much stronger lyrics, but this album has it's strong points, like "I Love Myself Today" "Tango Shoes" and "Stolen Sidewalk". Please support Biffy and BUY THIS ALBUM!!!

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On Purge

Personaly I think that Superbeautifulmonster is her best album but this album shows her transformation from the earlier stuff to now. Favorite track "I Love Myself Today", now that's undeniable rock! This album is also hard to find a record stores for some reason which is why I had to go online for it.

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Pleasantly surprised.

My friend, Ballsey, the guy who wrote the above review, gave me a copy of this CD after I heard "I Love Myself" on TV. To tell you the truth, I really liked it. I know Ballsey will think I am being blasphemous, but I didn't really like her first outing, "i Bificus", i just couldn't get into it. The lyrics were interesting, but they were also a little too weird and trying-to-be-metaphorical ("Spaceman"). "Purge" is really good though, it's pure fun rock mixed with harmless guitar pop ("Tango Shoes")are a really fun listen. Every song is radio friendly, and that is saying a lot.

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Not for me

Could not get into this book at all. Prose to intense and flowery. Took a pass and gave it to a resale shop.

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Sorry, John

John Updike is one of my favorite writers, but I found reading Henry Green like reading Upstairs, Downstairs in ultra-slow motion.

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This novel is like...Ah never mind...It just sucks

Loving is one of the worst novels I have ever read. The dialogue--which other reviewers praised --is too fake and rehearsed to sound in the least natural. All of the characters--including the servants--speak in an overly stuffed scholarly tone that reeks of snobish English professors and equally arrogant students trying to impress them. For God's sake! Can't characters in a novel speak like normal human beings and don't have reviewers regard the novel as trash

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Cliche-driven doggerel! Yuck!

I only read "Loving," but let me tell you, that book is the worst. Every fundamental rule of writing is broken is this "book." Yuck! I mean, the last line of the book is really "and they lived happily ever after." Puh-leeze!

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Good Clean Fun

Nice quality cat toys,these do not molt or shed, so there is little mess after a long play session. Attractive little toys last fairly long under hard playing,then when they are worn toss them out: they do not cost much.Toys are a lovely way to play with your pet,but no toy is meant to solve dangerous behavior like biting, fighting, and other environemtal/behavior problems ! I like the use of these mice along with DA Bird,and pet lazer pointer,and others for an intersing play session.Items bonus: Finding a "lost mousie" from under the furniture is good fun too, so we let several stay out at once for extra fun.

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Good old-fashioned fun

What a wonderful find! I was drawn in from the first page, and enjoyed it thoroughly. The writing style was, fittingly, of another era, and I was amused by the creative use of language. (Thanks to Mr. Williams, I am now trying to find ways to slip phrases like "osculatory pyrotechnics" into conversation.) Maybe I'm just reading the wrong books, but it also seems to me I don't often see a love story written from the perspective of a very anxious, and very proper, young man.The characters are entertaining and the love story is sweet, but the historical backdrop and our hero's musings on the social scene around him are what I found most compelling. All in all, a good read, and a really fascinating insider's look at a time, place and social setting that I know little about.

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When Washington was in vogue

The book arrived in record time, in great shape and the price was right. It's a wonderful account ofBlack Washington D.C. social life during the twenties. Extremely well written, in that you canvisualize the scenes, and the characters.

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One of my favorite books!

I fell in love with the characters as they love, party, study, fight, and simply live as successful African Americans in the roaring 20's. I couldn't put it down.

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Poor suction cups

The suction cups on the back didn't work and the sides would stick up. We ended up not using the product.

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Didn't like it

The suction cups (????) never worked, it stains like anything, bleach doesn't touch the stain - also food, "icky whatevers" tend to accumulate under it, not too sanitary. - for my money, a shabby excuse for a product

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Not a good product!

I read the reviews and most were not good, but I went ahead and purchased this sink mat anyway. BIG MISTAKE!!! Like most of the buyers said...the mat does not stay on the sink divider. The suction cups are totally useless. What a pain it is to keep putting it back on the sink divider to use it. Shame on Rubbermaid. I am 77 years old and have bought many of their products and have been very happy with them, but this is one of the worse products they have ever made. It sure is not like the ones they made back in my earlier days. They were much heavier, too. I will keep it and use it only because I got tired of putting a towel on the sink divider.

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Material used has changed

I have bought this product for years from Rubbermaid. Can't find in stores anymore. Ordered on line only to find Rubbermaid changed material they used to make it. The suction cups dont hold and mat will not fold down over sink divider. No better than the garbage I found in stores. Dont recommend anyone spend their money on this. Rubbermaid really needs to rethink this one.

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Very Poor Sink Protector

I got this not just to protect my sink but to be able to rest pots and pans on it while I scrub. From just one meal with spaghetti sauce in the wash water, the stains on the divider will not come out. I've tried scrubbing powders, liquids, even straight bleach. Nothing removes the tomato sauce stains. As a desperate move I put it in the dishwasher. Stains didn't budge. Like others said, the suction cups don't work and it slides all over the place. The rubber is just too stiff.

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I do NOT recommend this!

I agree with other disappointed reviewers. The suction cups do not hold and within weeks, the rubber stained and the stains do NOT come out, even with chlorine bleach. I am still searching for a divider mat that doesn't stain.

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